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It has been obvious to most media from the beginning that Giuseppe Conte, no matter how many handshakes he makes with Trump or summit meetings he attends, is not the true boss of Italy: that designation belongs to arch-racist and Mussolini-quoting Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. The focus on the reason behind this – the leaders of Lega and 5 Star both wanted to be Premier and couldn’t agree on who deserved the title – misses an important and worrying shift in European politics: Increasingly, interior ministers are becoming the political figures with the most popularity, and often, the most power. Take Germany. Angela Merkel, who has been Chancellor of Germany for thirteen years, is increasingly looking like a lame duck, whose mandate could be cut short at any time by Horst Seehofer, a virulently anti-Muslim and anti-refugee figure with a penchant for hostility towards left-wing street activists combined with tolerance for legitimate fascists in his police work. Herbert...

With the second rise of UKIP, the toxic rallies for Tommy Robinson, and the normalisation of genuine fascists like Steve Bannon by British radio shows and Gammon-baiter Piers Morgan, the far-right is seemingly gaining more ground in Britain than ever, and – in a moment of “literal communism” and manifestations against Trump – the tone of the Brexit debate has thus become increasingly – how would I put it? – divisive. The battle flags have been unfurled, and, especially after the release of convincing reports on fraud by Team Leave during the referendum, it is becoming seemingly impossible for a left-winger to approve of Brexit publicly, let alone make a case for it. Which is why Jeremy Corbyn’s speech last week saw comments across the board that he was echoing the language of UKIP and Trump, and even becoming the “far-right’s new hero.” Combined with the scare over anti-Semitism (a reactionary tradition), one could be forgiven for believing that the leader of the opposition w...

#Seebruecke – Thousands Take the Streets Across Germany: Europe, Frontex and Police – Stop Killing Refugees! Germany #NoPolGNRW: 20,000 People Take To The Streets Against New Police Law Eco Activism, Anti-Corporatism And The New German Police Regime #TrumpNotWelcome: Cop Forces To Mobilise In Force Not Seen Since 2011 Riots CIA Mercenaries’ Secret Prison For Immigrant Children Salzburg-NoS20! Against The Summit Of Authority, Militarized Borders And Social Control! Borders = Global Apartheid Stop The Violence And Not The Refugees! Declaration Of The International Meeting Against Foreign Military Bases  #NoBorders: Number Of Refugees Trapped On Greek Islands Reaches New High The Orwellian Linguistics Of The New Anti-Refugee Fascism: "Anchor Centres" To "Master Plans" The Refugee Crisis and the Mediterranean Sea – The Largest Graveyard in Modern History #NoToNATO: "Make Peace Great Again!" Tens Of Thousands Manifest Against Mil...